{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-child-maintenance-bonus-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3195",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-child-maintenance-bonus-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th December 1996\nComing into force 7th April 1997\nWhereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 26(5) of the Child Support Act 1995 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 10 and 26(1) to (3) of the Child Support Act 1995, sections 5(1)(p), 6(1)(q), 71(8), 78(2), 189(1), (3) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, sections 136(5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 10 of the Child Support Act 1995 and which is made before the end of a period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that provision, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 2-13 revoked (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by The Social Security (Child Maintenance Premium and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3176), regs. 1, 4(1)(a) (with reg. 4(2)(3)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1995 c.34; the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed\" is given in section 54 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c.48) which is applied to section 10 of the Child Support Act 1995 by section 27(2) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c.5; section 6(1) was substituted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14), Schedule 9 paragraph 12(1)(a); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1992 c.4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Section 170 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) which relates to the Social Security Advisory Committee, is applied to Section 10 of the Child Support Act 1995 by virtue of the amendment made for subsection (5) of section 170 by the Child Support Act 1995, section 30(5), Schedule 3, paragraph 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3195/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}